Band 6 health visitor - Hertfordshire | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22.92 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX |
| Company: | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6224192/824-BANK-33093533 |
Summary
This is an exciting time to join our bank, with a new friendly and supportive team. We can offer you regular yet flexible working patterns, that allow you to make a real difference to services and patients and become an integral part of a cohesive team. As the largest community NHS trust in London we can support you to develop your experience, working as part of multi-skilled teams across a huge range of different locations and care settings.
Why join?
• Earn more per hour -bank rates are higher than agency and include holiday pay. We also cover your expenses and provide free uniforms
• See the best shifts first –bank staff get priority over all agency workers
• Book the shifts you want on your phone –build your own rota on our bank booking system
• Get 24x7 support from our friendly Staff Bank team –a local teamdedicated to helping you
Clinical Duties
• To undertake venepuncture from patients in their own homes. Visit patients in order of priority as listed; there will be a maximum of two fasting patients at the beginning of the list, and one urgent. The phlebotomist will be expected to see up to 10 patients per daily session.
• To undertake Blood pressure from patients in their own homes.
• To maintain Knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to deliver a quality service that are responsive to the needs of patients.
• To report any changes in condition of the patient to the Team Leader or in their absence the designated nurse in charge of the caseload
We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
• stay well
• manage their own health with the right support
• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independenc
Professional Standards
All staff must comply with the Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust Staff Code of
Conduct and demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours. Senior Managers must also comply with the NHS Code of Conduct for Managers, based on the Nolan principles of public accountability. All staff employed in recognised professions are required to ensure they work to the professional standards and/or Codes of Practice set out for their professional group. In addition staff are required to demonstrate the Customer Care Standards of the organisation.
Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work
It is the aim of CLCH NHS Trust to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, creed, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status or on the grounds of disability or sexual preference, or is placed at a disadvantage by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Selection for training and development and promotion will be on the basis of an individual's ability to meet the requirements of the job. To this end CLCH NHS Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy and it is for each employee to contribute to its success. All staff should treat other staff, patients and the public with dignity and respect.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 May 2024